Cuspidor-cleaner



C. COSME.

CUSPIDOR CLEANER. APPLICATION- F.4ILED MAR. 20, 19112.

Patented June 8, 1920.

UNITED STATES CARLOS COSME, OF CORONA, NEW YORK.

CUSPIDOR-CLEANER.

Application filed March 20, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARLOS UosMn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Corona, in the county of Lincoln, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in cuspidor-Cleaners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the class of cleaning devices, and has particular'reference to an apparatus for cleaning cuspidors and the like. I

My invention has for its primary object to provide a lifting and cleaning device for cuspidors by whose use it is possible to handle and thoroughly clean cuspidors and like receptacles without the necessity of having the users hands come into contact with the receptacles.

Another object of the invention is to provide manually operable means carried wholly by the frame for injecting and extracting liquid into or from a cuspidor while it is held by the clamping jaws of such frame.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the type above mentioned, which, by the simplicity and arrangement of its several parts constitutes a practical cleaner by means of which articles may be lifted, cleaned and restored to their positions wholly through the manipulation of the cleaner.

It is also an object of my invention to provide a cleaning device for cuspidors and like receptacles which is self-contained to the extent that it not only provides means for lifting and cleaning the receptacle, but also is constructed to supply the cleansing fluid, and to remove the latter.

With the above and other objects which will appear, in view, my invention will now be fully set forth and described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, showing it engaged with a cuspidor,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly-broken away showing the clamping device in released position,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view showing one ofthe clamp elements and its mounting,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1920.

Serial No. 223,518.

1 1 ig. 1 is a section on line 1- 1 of Fig. 1, ant

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the brush or mop holding device.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail view showing the gear and drive wheel.

Referring more particularly to said drawings, 1 denotes a plurality of standards, which, together with a top plate 2 and a base plate 3 form a frame work upon which the various parts of the apparatus are mounted. An intermediate plate or block 4 serves to strengthen the frame and provides additional support for some of the elements.

Extending vertically through the centers of the top plate 2, the plate 4 and the bottom plate 3 is a shaft 5, said shaft having bushed bearings 6 in the plates 2 and 3. The lower end of the shaft 5 is provided with a cross head 7 whose extremities carry the removable brushes 8. Said brushes may be of any suitable construction, but should be provided with threaded. stems 9 which screw into the ends of the cross head 7. Furthermore, the brush heads may be substituted by suitable mops or sponges. The upper end of the shaft 5 carries a beveled gear 10 which meshes with the corresponding beveled teeth 11 formed on one side of the drive wheel 12, said drive wheel 12 being mounted upon a suitable standard 13 mounted upon the top plate 2. Said standard 13 is formed at its upper end with or into a handle 14 by means of which the cleaning device may be lifted. The drive wheel 12 is rotated by means of a hand grip 15, so that as the drive wheel is rotated, the motion thereof is communicated to the shaft 5 and thus to the brushes 8.

Supported upon opposite sides of the base plate or block 3 is a pair of clamps or supports 16, the latter preferably consisting of shaped wire loops whose lower ends are turned inwardly as at 17 to form the arcuate jaws which engage below the lipped flange of the cuspidor. The upper ends of the loops 16 are contracted to provide the necks 18 and the eyelets 19. The necks 18 provide journals which oscillate in the bear ings 20 which are suitably screwed or otherwise secured to the base plate 3. Above the bearings 20, the loops 16 are turned outwardly and downwardly to provide lever members for swinging the loops 16. Across the loops 16, the latter are provided with brace members 21, to whose middle points are attached the ends of the springs 22, the

opposite ends of said springs 22 being secured to depending brackets 23 secured to the lower face of the block or plate 3. Said springs 22 serve to hold the aws 17' in normally closed positions. Secured to the eye lets '19 are the lower extremities of flexiblegage a receptacle, the ring 26 is drawn upwardly until the loops are spread the necessary distance.

Secured to opposite pairs of standards 1, are the liquid supply and exhaust devices or pumps 27 and28, which are shown in Figs.

1 and 2 of the conventional form. Said pumps are provided with oppositely extending clips or brackets 29which are clamped around the respective pairs of standards 1, said clamps or clips consisting of metallic plates whose ends may be turned inwardly around the standards l into contacting relation with the bodies of the plates and there suitably secured as by soldering or by means of screws or bolts. The pumps 27 and 28 may be plunger syringes of well known construction of the sliding piston type, the discharge ends of their barrels being provided with the flexible pipes or lengths of rubber tube 30 and 31 of suitable length to extend into the receptacle which is to be cleaned.

'The operation of my improved device is obvious from the foregoing, but it might be herein stated that the syringes 27 and 28 are provided in duplicate for the convenience which arises from having a supply of be employed for scrubbing the bottom and sides of the receptacle simultaneously with the flushing operation.

It will be noted that by reason of the extensions 30 and 31 being flexible, and depending between the jaws and into the path' of movement of the scrubbing brushes, the scrubbing brushes, will strike and deflect them intermittently, so that they will discharge over wide areas of the wall of the cuspidor.

What I claim as my invention is l. In a cuspidor; cleaner, the combination with a frame, scrubbing mechanism carried thereby, clamping jaws movably carried by the frame, and independent means on the latter for actuating said mechanism and setting said jaws; ofdevices on the frame for injecting liquid into the cuspidor and extracting it therefrom, and means for actuating said devices to perform either function at will, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cuspidor cleaner, the combination with a frame having clamping jaws for holding a cuspidor in fixed relation thereto, and a scrubber movably mounted in position to operate within a cuspidor held by the jaws, of a flexible tube passed between the jaws into the path of movementof the scrubber and arranged for intermittent deflection thereby, and-means for supplying water through the tube.

.In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

CARLOS COSHE.

\Vitnesses I (.rAErANo LORIOR, JOHN MAZZEI. 

